Ballet Nouveau Colorado, seen here rehearsing its recent show 'Carry On,' is one of a half-dozen Denver dance biggies coming together for a high-profile Japan benefit. Denver Post file photo by Kathryn Scott Osler.

A who’s-who of Denver dance companies will take over the Newman Center for the Performing Arts on May 14 to raise cash for the tsunami-stricken people of Japan.

The “Kizuna: Dance for Japan” concert at the University of Denver will feature a rare mix of Denver dance talent, including principal dancers from the Colorado Ballet, Ballet Nouveau Colorado, David Taylor Dance Theatre and members of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, Delusions of Grandeur Productions and others.

The lion’s share of each $25 ticket, or about $22.50, will go directly to the Red Cross.

“We actually had a show at the Newman Center that day,” said Rob Kuykendall, whose Greenwood Village-based Denver Academy of Ballet organized the benefit. “And my father’s really involved with the Red Cross — he’s actually flooded-in at a shelter right now helping take care of people in Indiana.”